Viking metal

Viking metal is a subgenre of black metal characterized by its chaotic and noisy sound, slow pace, use of keyboards, dark and violent imagery, and, primarily, lyrical themes of Norse mythology, Norse paganism, and the Viking Age. A lot of people mistake Viking metal for any metal with lyrical themes about Viking or Finno-Ugric mythology, heathenism etc. However, this is a completely different musical style. The most important bands to the Viking metal genre are Enslaved and Bathory. Read more…|Edit this Artist photo: Kromlek

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Friday 14 February 2014
Amon Amarth Enslaved, SkeletonwitchConcert Friday 14 February 2014	The Regency Ballroom San Francisco, United States 37.787583 -122.421665	6 going Add shout
Friday 28 February 2014
Children of Bodom TýrConcert Friday 28 February 2014	The Fillmore San Francisco CA, United States 37.784239 -122.433294	3 going Add shout

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ivoman-4

there's no viking metal [4] > PAGAN METAL

October 2013
Tigorodrigo

there's no viking metal [3]

October 2013
Swed-Simon

Viking metal used as an actual musically descriptive genre name is simply put a fusion of black metal and nordic folk music. Obviously that type of metal exists, and it's not simply equatable to melodic black metal. It's a flawed but still the most useful and established go-to label for those specifically looking for fusions of black metal and nordic folk, so there is no reason why it should be ignored by those interested in finding that particular sound.

September 2013
ilyasidorok

Мне просто необходимо оставить тут русский комментарий.

September 2013
warbringer1

No Remorse No Retreat are a five piece band based in England/Wales.Formed in 2006/7. Initially as a side project with members from three other bands ,it has taken on a life of its own.Thier music is British Heavy metal which croses several genres, such as NWOBHM,early thrash,early death and even punk.Thier lyrics are battle/pagan/war inspired along the lines of Manowar etc. They have released two full length albums “TO GLORY WE RIDE”2008 which was stripped back old school metal and “WARBRINGER”2009 a much heavier album.Both were released on Ironage Records( www.ironagerecords.com).They have also appeared on covermount cds of the magazines Terrorizer,Zero Tolerence,Legacy/ Pagan Fire(Germ),Rock Tribune(Belg)http://www.last.fm/music/No+Remorse+No+Retreat?source=home-new-to-library https://www.facebook.com/pages/No-Remorse-No-Retreat/227401764038639

August 2013
SnowyReaper

there is definitely viking metal, but i am not sure it should be differentiated from folk metal, as a sub sub genre or separate. but who cares.

July 2013
BoneGnawer

there's no viking metal [2]

July 2013
iRule_

Fuck your fucking genres you genrewhores, metal is metal \m/

June 2013